Quompilation Week: Cloud Castle Lake
To celebrate the launch of the Quompliation on Thursday night, Totally Dublin talks to some of the bands involved at length about their contributions and
Interview with Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings’ Dylan Baldi is a good example of how the internet has made this ‘getting big’ thing a lot easier and a lot quicker. In 2009, he was releasing
Anna Calvi – Jezebel b/w Moulinette
Look, coming over the hill! It’s a load of hyped January bands defending the honour of Gay Dad! By making the BBC Sound of 2011 short Anna Calvi certainly seems
Rihanna – Loud
Now sexed-up and dancefloor-bound, this version of Rihanna is less taxing to listen to than the broody, troubled RiRi of the Rated R era. Which isn’t to say that Loud
Iron and WIne – Kiss Each Other Clean
Kiss Each Other Clean is a fancy dress party for timid indie tunes. Rabbits Will Run has come as Rhythm of the Saints-era Paul Simon, Tree By The River is
Lone – Emerald Fantasy Tracks
Lone is nothing if not prolific, and his fourth album in four years sees the Nottingham bred producer easily exceed his previous LPs. A pastiche that speaks strongly of his
Gay Marvine – Greatest Mix Fixes
There is an unbridled irreverence about Gay Marvine’s reedits that some could consider silly. However, get closer to the bone and you realise few if anyone has mastered the re
PJ Harvey – Written On The Forehead
Upon hearing this through the tinny speaker of a clock-radio the other day, my early morning brain kind of wished I had actually stumbled upon some freak coincidence on a
Interview with Darkstar
Darkstar emerged in a hail of praise when their dubsteppy early 12 inches Need You and Aidys Girls A Computer appeared all full of 2-step rhythms and ghost-in-the-machine chopped up
Computer Jay
Dublin’s All City Records relationship with the city of Los Angeles is an unlikely one. Their 10 part “L.A Series” of 7 inch releases has earned the label a place
Last Night At The Jetty
Given the frequency with which we slobber over any recorded noise he makes, it may seem that we are part of some unofficial Panda Bear fan club, and in truth
Girl Talk – All Day
Using pop’s unerring reliance on things happening over four bars, Girl Talk’s party-piece mash-up music will satisfy those itching to hear Mr. Blue Sky over a thick hip-hop beat or
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
“The best living or dead, hands down” is how Kanye opens his verse on Monster. We’re used to hubris by now, but there’s an obvious question. The best what? His
Christmastime In Dublin Town
Given that we have no option but to be inundated with the classic canon of schmaltzy Chrimbo musical fare for the last twelfth of every year, it’s a bit of
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Nicki’s a pretender in more ways than one. She’s the first female emcee to believably claim to be the best right now, and she’s got more voices than a ventriloquist.
Rumer – Seasons Of My Soul
Rumer’s debut album, Seasons Of My Soul, represents the closest the pop music of 2010 has come to that heady, uncool hi-fi pop of yore and is all the more
Warpaint – Fool
Four well-connected girls from LA, Warpaint have come up with an album that is haunting and moody enough to transcend its occasionally shambolic tendencies. The band are no slouches when
Dam Funk & Computer Jay- LA Series 7
The 7th instalment in All City’s Los Angeles series. Futuristic boogie-don Dam Funk delivers the first two cuts, the languid bass line of ‘Night Stroll’ outclassing the slightly erratic synth